We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
HERMAN MELVILLEWe cannot live for ourselves alone.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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